College Football Teams That Have Taken Uniforms Too Far

It's hard to remember a time when Oregon was one of the few teams in college football that was making noise with its constant uniform changes.

Even back in 2007, we thought the Ducks' tire-tread uniforms were extreme. Now, Oregon can run out in grey, black and chrome uniforms, and we take it as the norm.

Since the uniform explosion began a few years ago, more and more teams have decided that adding extra garments is necessary. For some schools, uniform changes are becoming a weekly happening of Duck-esque proportions.

Greys, blacks, extra helmets, facemasks and even various helmet decals are making the integrity of an identity moot. No longer are teams known for having great, transcending uniforms. Now, you are behind as a program if you aren't walking out in something new, week-in-and-week-out.

For Oregon, this practice is authentic. It is, in fact, what makes Oregon Oregon. But, for other schools, the practice is becoming nothing more than an annoyance.

Here are the most guilty offenders when it comes to taking uniform changes too far.

Duke Blue Devils

Duke took a nice opportunity to add some black to its uniforms this year, removing it further from its Indianapolis Colts knock-offs that it has worn for the past few years.

But, the black helmet has become a mystery. Duke added a glossy black 'D' decal to a matte black helmet, and a glossy black helmet stripe that looks more like a strip of electric tape.

Duke is also one of many teams that switches helmet decals on the reg. Against Clemson, they wore blue decals on the black helmet with a black stripe. It looked a tad better, but a more complete-looking black helmet would be nice.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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Georgia Tech has always had such a classic look, so it's a shame that they stooped so low this year with these uniforms.

From a tacky number font, to a distracting pattern that appears more like bubble wrap than the intended '"honeycomb" pattern, to really bad side-panels and inserts, the Yellow Jackets uniforms are already being considered one of the worst in football history.

North Carolina Tar Heels

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This just does not look like North Carolina.

A primary navy blue uniform with a chrome helmet? Meh. The helmet actually looked really cool, and the tar heel logo slapped on their pretty well, but the overall uniform really deviates from North Carolina's identity.

UNC has impressed with a white helmet, but they have worn it with a white and navy blue facemask, which is an annoying inconsistency.

Northwestern Wildcats

Northwestern already blew our minds with their new jerseys for 2012, which feature stripes that run across the chest and behind the jersey numbers, but these alternates really blew the top off their progression.

Northwestern accompanied black jerseys and black pants with a new matte-black helmet that featured a pretty neat oversized wildcat.

Baylor Bears

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Baylor has had bad uniforms for a few years now. They have been wearing a Nike catalog get up, with Cal bear pants stripes, annoying flywire on the jerseys, and alternate green pants that don't even match the rest of the uniform.

So, how did they make it worse?

Baylor wore black earlier this year with green numbers, which was very distracting.

Toledo Rockets

Toledo has been a major offender lately.

The Rockets have switched over to a 'UT' logo that is identical to Tennessee's, which kills the identity. But, they've also added matte anthricate helmets, matte gold helmets, and grey jerseys and pants.

Boise State Broncos

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Boise State might have an excuse. They aren't allowed to wear all-blue at home, per the Mountain West Conference headquarters. That might change when they join the Big East next year, but for now the Broncos have to find different uniforms to wear in conference home games.

Their latest? All-black.

The combination of black, blue, orange is grey is actually really, really cool, but these uniforms are only a better example of Boise's crazy amount of uniform options, that includes multiple white helmets, blue helmets, and even grey jerseys.